Building Social Capital

Earlier this year Burton Group conducted a study involving dozens of service-oriented architecture (SOA) initiative leaders. We interviewed multiple stakeholders in each initiative across eight industry verticals. The goal was to uncover in-depth data on service oriented architecture (SOA) roadmap dynamics and success factors. This recent study and the hundred of discussions we’ve had with our client over 5 years, confirmed that as we expected, many organizations are having trouble getting their SOA initiatives funded, gaining development team support, promoting reuse, and demonstrating value of service orientation.In this podcast, analyst Richard Watson discusses the secret sauce in all of the success stories we uncovered: the initiative leaders had developed strong social capital in their organizations, enabling them to affect the widespread change necessary for SOA success. We can build social capital by strengthening the fabric of our connections and relationships with the social networks around us.

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Selecting a Payment Card Industry Qualified Security Assessor?

Selecting a Payment Card Industry (PCI) Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) to perform your attestation of compliance is not as easy as selecting a company from a list. Just like any intimate relationship, you need to know what your needs are and you have to make sure your partner is a good match. In this Podcast, Analyst Randall Gamby talks about the QSA selection process and what you should be asking as you make this important decision.

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Information Card Landscape

The user-centric ID movement is evolving and spreading to gain a wide user base. Information cards use of a universal sign-on system will be expanded. Limitations exist with each approach and are perpetuated, in most cases, by their creators. Bob Blakley will help sort through the fundamental problem that each vendor is attempting to address. You will get an update on the information card and universal sign-on markets and be able to effectively evaluate the risks of implementing these technologies.

To access this webcast follow the link to the BrightTalk network.

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Business Influences on Network Security

In the first half of 2008, Burton Group conducted a study involving network and security specialists that mostly represented large enterprise organizations. The purpose of this network security research project was to uncover some of the organizational, governance, and business influences on network security initiatives. In this podcast, principal analyst Phil Schacter speaks to several high level findings, including:

• Drivers and influences on network security strategy and investments
• Meeting increasing regulatory compliance and auditor demands
• Shifting enforcement of some security controls from the perimeter to the data center
• Enabling growing access to non-employees
• Appreciating the influence of strategic vendors

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SSD - A Look Under the Hood

In this Data Center Strategies podcast, analyst Gene Ruth examines the technology of solid state disks. SSDs based on flash technology are getting interesting for data centers. While originally criticized for poor reliability and write performance, vigorous research is addressing those issues. SSDs now claim better then mechanical disk reliability and offer very high comparative read and write performance. SSD technology is reaching a maturity that enables its use in the datacenter in an early adopter role. Get ready for disruption in the storage ecosystem once the technology is proven and widely available. More thoughts on this can be found on Data Center Strategies blog.

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SOA Fatigue it's Not About the Technology

At Catalyst Conference North America, Chris Howard and Mike Rollings sat down to talk about Howard's Catalyst presentation and research on SOA fatigue. Howard points out that the fatigue results from the waiting on SOA to succeed and the benefits start to come, but SOA's lifecycle and needs are not being properly connected into the total ecosystem of the business - resulting in failure. Howard and Rollings look to find where the fatigue is setting in and if it's governance related and cover how SOA should be presented in the culture of the business objectives. More on SOA and SOA fatigue will be covered at Burton Group's Catalyst Conference Europe in October.

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The Rush to SaaS Adoption Doesn't Come Without Hang-Ups

Software as a Service (SaaS) is gathering momentum as an alternative to build-it-yourself solutions, especially as the global economy tightens. Recent Burton Group research shows that a wide range of industries use SaaS solutions to solve a variety of issues. A concern with SaaS implementations, however, is that they are often not conceived in a larger architectural context. SaaS solutions must be studied for their ability to support future integration, upgrade, and business continuity scenarios.

In this podcast, Chris Howard and Mike Rollings discuss:

· The rush to SaaS adoption

· “Landlocked” information and processes

· Security considerations

· Potential issues with SaaS solutions

· Factors to consider when choosing a SaaS provider

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Slidecast - Security Architecture in a Deperimeterized World

Today’s security model is based on the idea of a small, carefully designed subsystem called a “reference monitor” controlling access to the rest of the functions of a general-purpose computer.  That model hasn’t worked well (it has to be patched every Tuesday, and even this doesn’t prevent successful attacks), and it isn’t likely to get a lot better in the future. In this slidecast, IdPS Research Director and Principal Analyst Dan Blum investigate alternative models on which secure systems could be based in the future.

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Synergies of Structured Data and Unstructured Content

In this podcast, Lyn Robison, Enterprise Architect for the LDS Church talks about the architectural approach we have developed that enables us to combine our structured data with our unstructured content, while obtaining centralized information from decentralized sources. The approach promises to solve perplexing problems for our customers and for our own IT department that we have been unable to solve previously. Lyn also points to examples within his IT environment concerning the capability requirements of structured data and unstructured content.

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Burton Group Welcomes Ian Glazer

At Catalyst Conference 2008 Burton Group announced the newest member to the Identity and Privacy Strategies coverage area, Ian Glazer. In this podcast, Ian introduces himself as a senior analyst to the Burton Group and highlights some of the research he will be involved with and the interests in the identity space. Ian will recognize the areas in his coverage that need to be addressed and that are important to the industry. Join Burton Group in welcoming Ian.

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Growing With iSCSI

Due to the phenomenal growth rate of data, internal direct-attach storage can no longer scale to meet business needs. However, implementing a fiber channel Storage Area Networks (SAN) can be an expensive and time-consuming proposition. With the advent of the iSCSI, SANs are now a more attractive and inexpensive alternative to fibre channel. As data centers expand in space, consume more energy, low-cost infrastructures like iSCSI will play a significant role in the dynamic data center. In this podcast, analyst Gene Ruth will preview his Catalyst workshop, guiding SAN administrators in the art of building an iSCSI SAN.

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Identity and Society

When identity management fails, it usually fails because the party managing identity doesn't have a close enough relationship with the person whose identity it's managing. The identity and management problem is much more social than technical, and the solution to the identity management is not to build protocols, but to build identity management businessess which have good relationships with their customers. In this podcast, research director Bob Blakley explains why there is no identity management without relationships.

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Content Authoring and Enterprise 2.0

Content authoring technology was supposed to be a tool to simply enable the authoring process.  However, it is now apparent that technology is changing how we write and what we write, even though information workers may not always be conscious of its effect. Shaun Slattery Jr., Assistant Professor of Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse at DePaul University and Director of New Media Studies, has researched how technical writers compose documents and how the processes used by authors are being changed and shaped by technology. In this interview with Craig Roth, Service Director for Collaboration and Content Strategies, Asst. Professor Slattery discusses his research findings, how Web 2.0 technologies are impacting the writing process, and the challenges on the horizon for content authoring in the Enterprise 2.0 age.

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Burton Group Adds Data Management to Coverage

In this podcast, Research Director Peter O’Kelly introduces Burton Group Data Management Strategies (DMS). The podcast includes an overview of the DMS service and analyst team, along with a summary of five data management topics the DMS team believes will be especially influential over the next few years. The DMS team also be using the Data Management Strategies blog as an additional resource for topic discussion and following industry news.

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Burton Group Launches IT Research Solution to Reflect Today’s Changing IT Organization

Today, May 19, 2008, Burton Group launched Burton Group IT1, comprehensive suite of decision support and planning tools designed to help executives and technologists at Global 2000 organizations make smarter IT architecture decisions. Burton Group IT1 is a simple licensing model which includes company-wide access to all of the firm’s research coverage areas.

In this podcast, Jamie Lewis, Burton Group CEO and research chair, explains why this new licensing model is unique compared to traditional analyst firm pricing models that limit access by selling individual seat licenses. Additionally, Jamie will discuss the new offerings from Burton Group IT1 including new research coverage of Data Management technologies and Enterprise Architecture as well as tools to help clients effectively leverage these resources via a Research Assistant Program, and the Executive Advisory Program.

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Burton Group Announces EA Coverage

Burton Group is pleased to announce the launch of its new Enterprise Architecture (EA) coverage area. As part of the launch, VP and Service Director Chris Howard sat down with Senior Analyst Mike Rollings to discuss our philosophy and approach. In this podcast, you will hear how we define EA, how we approach EA research and advice, and get a preview of our initial EA content. The bottom line: we see EA as an active pursuit that is connected into the lifeblood of the organization. At the same time, we are aware of the sometimes negative perceptions and ineffectiveness of many EA programs. Learn how Burton Group is positioned to help you succeed with EA.

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802.11n: Enterprise Deployment Considerations

Many enterprises are considering Wi-Fi Certified 802.11n draft 2.0 deployment because it has significant advantages over existing wireless technologies. However, these advantages present the enterprise network manager with important deployment considerations.

In this podcast, senior analyst Paul DeBeasi and Edgar Figueroa executive director of the Wi-Fi Alliance will cover these considerations that network managers need to be aware of. Managers that take time to evaluate these considerations, within the context of their enterprise needs and constraints, will improve their ability to achieve successful 802.11n deployment.

To accompany this podcast Paul DeBeasi and the Wi-Fi Alliance have worked together to create a document to further the 802.11n deployment discussion.

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Standardized Management: Progress toward Open Virtualization Format to be demonstrated at Catalyst Conference in June 2008

One of the greatest weaknesses facing server virtualization today is the lack of management and monitoring tools that interoperate with multiple vendors. Innovations in server virtualization management could grow at a substantial rate if all server virtualization vendors adopted a Common Information Model-based standard for their metadata.

In September 2007, the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF®) announced the acceptance of a draft specification for portable virtual machines called the Open Virtualization Format (OVF), which aims to simplify interoperability, security and virtual machine lifecycle management for virtual infrastructures.

OVF uses existing packaging tools to combine one or more virtual machines together with a standards-based XML wrapper, giving the virtualization platform a portable package containing all required installation and configuration parameters for the virtual machines. This allows any virtualization platform that implements the standard to correctly install and run the virtual machines.

In this podcast Drue Reeves, VP and research director with Burton Group, and Winston Bumpus, president of DMTF and director of standards architecture for VMware, discuss the industry’s progress toward acceptance and adoption of this standard. 

Additionally, DMTF plans to host a hospitality suite at the Catalyst Conference North America 2008 featuring OVF and other standards-based virtual machine managements from multiple vendors – everything from creating, to distributing, deploying and managing various virtual machines. Be sure to stop by the DMTF hospitality suite in Gregory A/B room on Thursday, June 26, from 6:00 to 9:30 p.m.

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Operationalizing Security

In this podcast, VP and research director Trent Henry and VP and service director Eric Maiwald continue the conversation arising from Trent's blog post Operationalizing Security by passing along day-to-day security responsibilities to operations groups. Henry and Maiwald discuss tasks that can be offloaded to allow security teams to focus more of strategic matters. They have developed a sample operationalization litmus test for work orders.

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Organizational Efficiency vs. Effectiveness

In this podcast, VP and research director Chris Howard moderates a discussion between executive strategists Ken Anderson and Jack Santos on Ken's upcoming report "IT Metrics: You Manage What You Measure." IT departments rely on numerous operational metrics to accurately set goals, meet department expectations and improve overall productivity. However, inside the organization two measurements can be found, IT focus on efficiency as primary metric (uptime, downtime, on time with budget) while the business side measures based on effective dollars and metrics based on an rating of future value. There can be a break down between the organizational measurements: do we need to focus on efficiency metrics or effectiveness metric and while managing employees to be efficient/effective the organizations are trying to use less with less are they missing out on efficiency opportunities? 

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Hitting the SharePoint Wall

In this podcast VP and service director Chris Howard interviews, VP and service director Craig Roth, and VP and service director Gerry Gebel about using SharePoint to solve strategic goals of your IT organization. Roth talks about using SharePoint as an enterprise problem solver from the prospective of collaboration and what are SharePoint's real capabilities out of the box versus what you can do with a third party add-on or individual building. Gebel covers the limitations an organization can encounter with identity and access management systems and how can SharePoint fit into your enterprise identity management plan.

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Windows Server 2008 Roundtable

In this podcast, Chris Howard VP and service director for Burton Group's Executive Advisory Program interviews Richard Jones VP and service director and Drue Reeve VP and research director for Burton Group's Data Center Strategies service as a follow-up to Richard Jone's report Windows Server 2008: Upgrade or Not to Upgrade and podcast. The analyst discuss the compatibility Windows Server 2008 will have with other operating systems and how the features will integrate with currnet organizational functions. Howard also questions Jones and Reeves when enterprise organizations should prepare to migrate or if there is no need for the transition. The report is currently being offer on Burton Group's free resource page for free download.

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Windows Server 2008: To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade

In this podcast, Richard Jones VP and service director for Burton Group's Data Center Strategies service talks about the release of Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 and if your organization needs to upgrade. Jones covers the key areas users would observe in deciding whether to upgrade to Windows Server 2008 and if and when upgrading is right for your enterprise organization. Also covered by Jones are the upgraded system features that Microsoft has made available for the new release.

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What Does it Take to Succeed With SOA?

In this podcast, Burton Group VP and research director Anne Thomas Manes expounds on her findings within her recent service-oriented architecture (SOA) research project. The research aims to discover how well organizations are doing in their SOA initiatives, what kind of value they are realizing, and what factors are impeding their progress. The final results of this project will be presented at Burton Group Catalyst Conference in June.

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Operational Support Systems

In this podcast, senior consultant in the network telecom strategies service, Chuck Bessant talks about operational support systems (OSS) and the importance they play in the role of operations to network infrastructures. OSS offers users a clear understanding of how the network is currently functioning and allows us to find problems occurring and how to quickly fix them.

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Why You Should Care About Unified Communications

In this podcast, Chris Howard, service director and executive strategist, interviews Mike Disabato, service director of Burton Group's Network and Telecom Strategies service concerning the state of unified communications. With the increased attention around unified communications mobility, Disabato keys in on how unified communications will the affect the executives and IT professionals and why they should be paying attention to the unified communications wave. Disabato briefly covers the Network and Telecom Strategies tracks at Catalyst Conference North America this June.   

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Burton Group Catalyst Conference to Address Key Technologies Transforming Enterprise IT

With the annual Burton Group Catalyst Conference North America beginning to take shape, service director Chris Howard and CEO and research chair Jamie Lewis discuss the six areas transforming the future of enterprise IT: Building the Dynamic Data Center, Identity Management Are We There Yet?, Security Vital Signs, Everything Wireless, Succeeding with SOA, and The New Ways of Work. Lewis also speaks to the need of developing conversation around the complex issues facing enterprise IT organizations and using Catalyst as a forum to discuss the emerging technologies. 

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Burton Group Institute Workshop Dives into SharePoint

Burton Group, is offering a series of workshops April 1 and 2 in Boston through Burton Group Institute. Each full-day workshop will provide in-depth, technical strategies for IT organizations implementing SOA or SharePoint. The SharePoint workshops will be presented by Craig Roth, VP and service director and Karen Hobert, senior analyst. Roth and Hobert will present the following workshops: Understanding Microsoft SharePoint v3/2007 in Context. This workshop provides a strategic, enterprise-level assessment of SharePoint’s capabilities and implications. It is designed for organizations seeking to determine if, when, and to what extent SharePoint should play a role in their collaboration and content infrastructure and Microsoft SharePoint Infrastructure Planning and Governance, the 2007 release of SharePoint offers an important opportunity for implementers of earlier SharePoint releases to re-evaluate their often tactical, disorganized, and organic SharePoint environments, and to approach collaboration and content management design, governance, and deployment from a strategic, enterprise point of view. In this podcast, Roth gives an overview of Burton Group Institute and what atttendees can expect to take away.

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Burton Group Tech Watch podcast: Adoption and State of the Federation Market

In January 2008, Burton Group published a report evaluating products in the Federation technology market. Federation is an important tool for deploying cross-domain sign-on and access solutions. With more than a dozen products on the market today, information technology (IT) architects have no shortage of options. Because large organizations require a tiered model for federation, few will be able to settle on a single federation server or hosted provider for all their federation needs. Most organizations will deploy a mix of general-purpose, application-specific, and open source technologies to round out federated identity.

In this Burton Group Tech Watch podcast, Gerry Gebel moderates a discussion on the adoption and state of the federation market with providers: Ping Identity, Covisint and Sun.

Participants:
Burton Group – Gerry Gebel, VP and Service Director
Ping Identity - Patrick Harding, Chief Technology Officer
Covisint - David Miller, Chief Security Officer
Sun Microsystems – Pat Patterson, Federation Architect

About Burton Group Tech Watch Podcasts
Burton Group Tech Watch Podcasts help technologists make smart IT purchase decisions. Moderated by a Burton Group analyst, Tech Watch Podcasts bring together vendors from a market sector to discuss technical differentiators, emerging market trends, adoption hurdles, and successful use cases.

Burton Group Tech Watch podcasts are impartial.  Featured guests do not pay to participate, nor are guests required to be clients of Burton Group.

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Data Center 2008 VantagePoint

Businesses increasing dependency on IT systems is placing great pressure on IT organizations and their data centers. Data centers are overflowing with servers, networking, and storage. Compounding space and power concerns is a potential economic downturn that threatens to slash IT budgets. In this Data Center Strategies 2008 Vantage Point podcast, Research Director, Drue Reeves, will discuss these issues, outline some of the IT market trends addressing these issues, as well as discuss the data cneter topics at Catalyst 2008.

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Part 4: Content Globalization What IT Can and Should Do

Part 4 is the final recording of the Content Globalization series which Craig Roth covers. Content globalization is often handled by marketing or product development people, but there is a lot that IT can and should do to lay the groundwork for future localization efforts.  Part 4 describes five things that IT can do about content globalization. Each podcast is paired with a blog companion to provide links, diagrams, and summary bullets. The blog companion entry that can be found at ccsblog.burtongroup.com and clicking on the "globalization category."

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Part 3: Content Globalization Do the Big Vendors Care?

In part 3, Craig Roth dives into what big vendors are doing concerning content globalization and where they really care. And what does vendor support mean to the software market and how will buyers be impacted. Eachpodcast is paired with a blog companion to provide links, diagrams, and summary bullets. The blog companion entry that can be found at ccsblog.burtongroup.com and clicking on the "globalization category."

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Part 2: Content Globalization 101 in Twenty Minutes

In part 2 Craig Roth discusses background information on globalization to assist people coming up to speed on globalization or looking for rationale for our analysis. Part 2 gives a quick overview of topics such as globalization terms, where to find linguistic trend data for a particular region, some important standards for content globalization, and a brief overview of code internationalization. Each podcast is paired with a blog companion to provide links, diagrams, and summary bullets.  The blog companion entries can be found at ccsblog.burtongroup.com and clicking on the “globalization category”.

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Podcast Series: What IT Needs to Know About Content Globalization, Localization, and Translation

In this four-part podcast series, Collaboration and Content Strategies Analyst and Service Director Craig Roth reviews his research into the impact globalization is making into enterprise content management. 

The four podcasts are:
Part 1: Repeatable content globalization: Ignore it at your peril
Part 2: Content Globalization 101 in twenty minutes - published 2/12/08
Part 3: Content globalization: Do the big vendors care? - published 2/18/08
Part 4: What IT can and should do - published 2/19/08

Each podcast is paired with a blog companion to provide links, diagrams, and summary bullets.  The blog companion entries can be found at ccsblog.burtongroup.com and clicking on the “globalization category”.

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Unified Access: The Long-Awaited Convergence of Physical and Logical Access Control

Consultants Doug Moench and Cathy Hood interview Doug Simmons, director of technical architecture, introducing unified access. This term is used to define physical and logical access controls and their convergence. Simmons addresses issues such as benefits of converged “badges” for facilities access as well as network and application authentication and access control (“unified access”), challenges with implementation, and possible enterprise system upgrades that may be necessary to implement this long awaited technology. In some ways, the federal government is breaking down the barriers of entry thanks to Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD12), and enterprises in all industries can soon start to reap the benefits of this integration.

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The Economy and IT Initiatives

VP and executive strategist Chris Howard, moderates a discussion with Jack Santos, Ken Anderson, Gerry Gebel, Trent Henry, and Richard Jones on the impact of an economic down-turn on IT initiatives. The roundtable will focus on what enterprises have learned with strategic planning during the last economic down-turn in the scope of data center management, security initiatives, identity management projects, and concerns of the CIO. What is the utilizing of current resources and what enterprises should think about in preparation for the future. Executive strategist Jack Santos’s blog post “The Economy” was the foundation for this roundtable.   

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Open Source Options for Unified Communications and Collaboratoin

A Catalyst North America encore: Beyond the traditional vendor-based platforms available to enterprises, open source solutions that can deliver IP-PBX and presence-based, instant messaging functionality are garnering increased attention. While open source solutions are absent from much of the marketing and media excitement surrounding real-time communications, solutions such as Digium's Asterisk and Jabber's XCP platforms provide intriguing alternatives to traditional vendor-based solutions, and offer increased implementation flexibility. In this presentation, Senior Analyst Mark Cortner and Principal Analyst Mike Gotta provide an assessment of open source solutions and the implications to enterprise IT organizations. Questions this Burton Group POV will address include: What is the status of open source for real-time communications solutions? What are some of the considerations and obstacles to leveraging open source? What applications are well-suited for open source implementations in conjunction with traditional vendor-based infrastructure or applications platforms?

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Network Perimeter Architecture

A revised set of securirty and network templates have been created with focusing on security perimeters and zoning, data center networking, and application flows. In this podcast, Principal analyst Dan Blum will explain what’s new relative to the previous network reference architectural templates, and why these changes were made. To listen to the telebriefing Blum referenced in the podcast visit Burton Group's Network and Telecom content and to follow more on perimeterization and what Security and Risk Management Strategies (SRMS) is covering visit the SRMS blog.   

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The Effective CIO

Chris Howard, service director of the Executive Advisory Program speaks with executive strategists Jack Santos and Ken Anderson about the evolving position of the CIO, their biggest challenges and what they can do to meet those challenges head-on. Howard also discusses how the collective leadership experience of these executives will provide information and tools to help technologists effectively manage and lead the IT organization. For additional information about what the Executive Advisory Program (EAP) is covering visit the EAP blog.

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Why You Should be Talking About Virtualization Too

With all the conversation surrounding virtualization, VP and Service Director Richard Jones and Research Director Drue Reeves discuss why this is a conversation that you need to be a part of. Jones and Reeves take a look at why virtualization is a hot industry topic and the push to consolidate. They also talk about who is going in the right direction with virtualization and potential problems are holding back enterprises for adoption. Get a deeper look at why everyone is talking about virtualization and find out what virtualization can do for you.   

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Data Center Energy Efficiency: A Utility Perspective

Data center operators are increasingly facing space, power supply, and cooling system capacity challenges as IT and data storage growth rates continue to accelerate. To meet customer needs, and to contribute to environmental quality in northern California, Pacific Gas and Electric Company has developed a comprehensive portfolio of energy efficiency products and services to help IT managers reduce energy use and costs. PG&E offers technical support and financial incentives for a broad array of technologies, including IT and data storage virtualization/consolidation projects, installation of MAID systems, cooling system and airflow improvements, and premium-efficiency equipment.

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You Must Learn Control: Part 2

The IT industry is talking about the wrong capital “C.” The focus shouldn’t be Compliance; it should be Control. We’ve been missing capital “R,” too. Rather than trying to manage Regulation, security teams should be taking care of Relationships—between themselves and audit/legal groups; between employees and critical policies; and between business processes and audit evidence. Research Director Trent Henry explains how this changed view will help to avoid the common pitfall of compliance: a single-minded focus on technology and help increase efficiency and reusability of compliance programs. In part 2 of the control series Henry will speak to utilizing emerging tools for automating orchestration of controls—both technical and non-technical— which results in effective and auditable controls.

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You Must Learn Control

The IT industry is talking about the wrong capital “C.” The focus shouldn’t be Compliance; it should be Control. We’ve been missing capital “R,” too. Rather than trying to manage Regulation, security teams should be taking care of Relationships—between themselves and audit/legal groups; between employees and critical policies; and between business processes and audit evidence. Research Director Trent Henry explains how this changed view will help to avoid the common pitfall of compliance: a single-minded focus on technology and help increase efficiency and reusability of compliance programs. In part 2 of the control series Henry will speak to utilizing emerging tools for automating orchestration of controls—both technical and non-technical— which results in effective and auditable controls.

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OASIS Identity and Trusted Infrastructure Workshop at Catalyst Conference Europe

The OASIS IDtrust Member Section will conduct a complimentary, vendor-neutral workshop on 22 October, 2007 at Burton Group Catalyst Conference Europe in Barcelona, Spain.

For this podcast, Gerry Gebel, VP and service director for Burton Group’s Identity and Privacy Strategies discusses current identity management challenges and the need for groups to work towards a common model for identity management standards with the following workshop participants: Patrick Gannon, President and CEO, Organization for the Advancement of Structured Standards, or OASIS Eve Maler, XML Standards Architect, Sun Microsystems  Andre Durand, Chairman and CEO of Ping Identity

The group also highlights the innovative use cases to be presented that will help attendees solve their identity management challenges.

Attendance to this workshop does not include a conference pass and requires separate registration. Click here for more information <http://events.oasis-open.org/home/idtrust/2007>.

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Data Center Efficiency vs. Efficacy

In this podcast, Andrew Kutz, Burton Group analyst takes a unique look beyond data center efficiency to focus on achieving energy utilization. There is a hard cap on energy efficiency at 100%, but even when running at maximum efficiency, utilization has room to increase. With data center hardware technologies quickly increasing there is a need for software design to catch up to utilize these powerful machines. Kutz covers several ways to improve upon data center efficiency with proper utilization.

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Live from VMWorld

The Data Center Strategies team is on location at the VMWorld Conference and will give a daily recap of announcements and key messages presented at the conference. In this podcast, research director Drue Reeves covers day one of the VMWorld industry announcements. Drue takes a specific look at the release of VMWare's ESX 3i announcement. 

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Is iPhone Ready for the Enterprise? Part 2

This podcast is part 2 of 2 of the encore re-broadcasting of the Burton Group Telebriefing, Is iPhone Ready for the Enterprise? In this Burton Group panel discussion Jamie Lewis, CEO and Research Chair of Burton Group, will lead a discussion of the iPhone and its place in the Enterprise. The panel will include leading analysts from the Burton Group's various services including: Dave Passmore, Diana Kelley, Bob Blakley, and Richard Monson-Haefel. Part 2 includes the panel discussion and debate of enterprise topics concerning the iPhone followed by a brief question and answer session. Duration of part 2 is 1 hour.

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Is iPhone Ready for the Enterprise? Part 1

This podcast is part 1 of 2 of an encore re-broadcasting of the Burton Group Telebriefing, Is iPhone Ready for the Enterprise? The iPhone has been called a major advancement in mobile technology for the mass consumer market, but does the iPhone have a place in the Enterprise? In this Burton Group panel discussion Jamie Lewis, CEO and Research Chair of Burton Group, will lead a discussion of the iPhone and its place in the Enterprise. The panel will include leading analysts from the Burton Group's various services including: Dave Passmore, Diana Kelley, Bob Blakley, and Richard Monson-Haefel. Part 1 will include Jamie Lewis's presentation on the current status of the iPhone and introducing the topics for discussion.

Part 2 will include the panel discussion and brief question and answer session.

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Understanding Web Governance

In this podcast, Collaboration and Content Strategies Service Director Craig Roth describes what web governance is, its drivers, and common governance models.  Lack of effective governance is a common cause of failure for enterprise portals, intranets, and collaboration environments so it is important to get on the right path with web governance.

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Is NAC Ready for Prime Time?

In this podcast, research director Phil Schacter moderates a discussion with senior analyst Eric Maiwald and principle consultant Gene Fredriksen concerning the deployment of network access control (NAC). The discussion spans through topics such as, what are reasons for deploying NAC, business justifications for NAC, and are companies ready for NAC?  The panel evaluates what NAC is and where is the future of NAC going regarding enterprise deployment and community of standards.

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